April 03, 2014, 8:49AM

Metro isn't often --- or ever --- perceived as a barrel-o'-laughs kind of organization, but an internal message from Metro boss Martha Bennett on April 1 was pretty funny and included --- right under the announcement of new density standards for Portland birdhouses, this nugget about a new brewery coming to the Metro building: Full story »

April 01, 2013, 7:00AM

Heath Alert! Texting during sex, or coitus interruptexting (CI), is implicated in a dramatic increase in the number of emergency-room visits for treatment of abrasions on the lower jaw, cheek and nose from involuntary elbow jabs inflicted by one intimate partner on another. Full story »

April 01, 2012, 10:00AM

Fortunately for me, the 2012 ORRC Vernonia Marathon falls on my due date - April 15th. And it's a nice race - flat, well supported, and beautiful. So, what better way to welcome Baby Girl Barten to the world than during a marathon? Full story »

April 01, 2011, 6:28AM

Reacting to unprecedented growth over the past decade, and in an attempt to further reduce the potential pool of non-uber-competitive entrants, Beantown Marathon officials introduced a new set of Disqualification Standards this week. Full story »

April 01, 2009, 10:21PM

ELY, Minn. -- This year's April Fools hoax from the small northern Minnesota town of Ely (Ee'-lee) is a bid to host the 2016 summer Olympics, including a plan to drain a lake for an in-ground stadium. Special tent and canoe combo packages will be offered to guests. Fishing tournaments will be bonus athletic events. Full story »

April 01, 2009, 10:15PM

While the potentially dangerous Conficker worm was being tracked throughout April Fools' Day, more harmless hoaxes were being fired out across the Internet. Everyone from Google to The Guardian were rolling out prank Web sites Wednesday. It's become an April 1 tradition on the Web to showcase absurd technological breakthroughs and silly pseudo-innovations. Full story »

April 01, 2009, 12:20AM

Rapper-actor Method Man (aka, Clifford Smith) turns 38 today, joining a diverse list of actors, athletes and musicians who are surely celebrating with cake and ice cream on April Fool's Day. Full story »

March 31, 2009, 11:17PM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even if it's not an April Fools' joke, the latest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means an Internet Armageddon, either. The worm's alarming outbreak entered a new phase Wednesday as clocks around the world ticked into the first day of April, the day it was scheduled to change programming. Full story »